Week 5 Flashcards

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Rampant

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Going unchecked, widespread

When the plague was rampant on the island, Dr. Arrowsmith’s wife died.

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Inane

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Foolish

Orville Wright was criticized for his inane desire to fly

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Ethics

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Code of principles

A special management committee was asked to investigate business ethics.

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4
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Concur

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Agree

If I can get my parents to concur, I’ll joint the Peace Corps.

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5
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Clandestine

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Secret, undercover

The spies thought their meeting was a clandestine one, but a throng* of F.B.I. agents gathered outside the building.

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Flagrant

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Outrageous, glaringly bad

Parking in front of a hydrant is a flagnant violation of the city’s law.

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Admonish

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To warn, to reprove

I suspect that my father will admonish me for coming home late/

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Duress

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Compulsion, force

The confession was signed under duress, the attorney claimed.

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Culprit

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The guilty person

The culprit was caught with his fingers in the cookie jar.

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Inexorable

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Inflexible, unrelenting

Television sleuths are inexorable in their pursuit of lawbreakers.

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Egregious

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Remarkably bad

The bank teller’s egregious error was difficult to correct.

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Distraught

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Mentally confused, crazed

The soldiers were distraught to learn that their furloughs had been canceled.

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Duplicity

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Cunning, trickery

Duplicity is the stock in trade of all adroit* counterspies.

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Acrimonious

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Bitter

We tried to ignore her acrimonious comments, but that took considerable restraint.

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Paucity

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Scarcity

Although it was a creative writing class, the teacher complained about the paucity of talent there.

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16
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Elicit

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To draw forth

It isn’t easy to elicit answers from a sleepy class on Monday morning.

17
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Pernicious

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Harmful, causing infury

The dictator’s pernicious rules failed to intimidate* the leaders of the underground.

18
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Tolerate

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To put up with, to bear

Dentists appreciate patients who can tolerate pain.

19
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Construe

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To make a deduction, to infer

She hoped that we would not construe her decision to run for office as a thirst for power.

20
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Impunity

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Freedom from punishment

The border guards allowed the doctor to cross the frontier with impunity.